Iran could abandon the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if forced to limit nuclear activities, its hardline president says. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said if the rights of the Iranian people were violated, Iran would "revise its policies". He made the comments in a speech marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. On 4 February, the IAEA decided to report Iran to the UN Security Council over its disputed nuclear programme. The NPT, which has 187 signatories, was created to prevent new nuclear states emerging, to promote co-operation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to work towards nuclear disarmament. Non-nuclear signatories agree not to seek to develop or acquire such weapons. In return, they are given an undertaking that they will be helped to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. ... http://news.bbc.co.uk

David Archuletta says he knew his former girlfriend was pregnant in 2001, but she told him the baby was stillborn.More than a year later, she told him the truth -- that she had given birth after traveling to New Jersey from their home in Colorado, and turned over the baby for adoption.Ever since, Archuletta has been fighting for custody -- his efforts stymied by what state officials now say was a mistake by the adoption agency involved, Children of the World."He looks just like me. I just want to be able to see my son," said Archuletta, who has Parkinson's disease and lives with his mother in Pueblo, Colorado.An Associated Press review of hundreds of state documents shows the Verona-based adoption agency knew of Archuletta's existence for nine months before it allowed the adoption to move forward. ...http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/11/adoption.fight.ap/index.html?section=cnn_us

A Sudanese military plane has crashed at an airport in the southern town of Awil, killing all seven crew and 13 soldiers on board, officials have said. The plane crashed in to a nearby building after the pilot lost control when the front tyre burst on landing, a senior official said. The Antonov 29 then caught fire, but it is unclear whether the plane exploded. ...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4704874.stm

Indiana women seeking an abortion would be told life begins at conception under a proposal that would give the state one of the furthest-reaching abortion consent laws in the country. Only one state South Dakota has gone so far in what it orders doctors to tell women before they can get abortions, and that law has been blocked by a court. Supporters say the legislation would provide women key information before making an irreversible decision, but critics argue it blurs the line between church and state and could infringe on doctors' First Amendment rights. "To put our religion or faithful beliefs into a statute that's going to be law, without being able to back it up scientifically, I have real hard questions about doing that," said Indiana Rep. John Ulmer, a Republican who voted against the bill. ...http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1606997&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

US immigration officials have arrested a Haitian woman after baggage screeners found a human head in her luggage at a Florida airport. Myrlene Severe, 30, has been charged with failing to declare the head on a customs form and transporting "hazardous material". She arrived at Florida's Fort Lauderdale airport on Thursday on a flight from Cap Haitien in north Haiti. Ms Severe said that the head was to ward off evil sprits, officials said. "Severe stated that she had obtained the package, which contained a human head, from a male in Haiti for use as part of her voodoo beliefs," the US Attorney's Office said in a statement. A spokesman for Miami's immigration and customs agency told the AFP news agency that the head was not simply a skull. "It had teeth, hair and skin, and quite a lot of dirt," she said. ...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4703328.stm

Indian army troops have been deployed and a curfew imposed after clashes in the north-eastern state of Assam. On Friday, two policemen and five demonstrators were killed during a riot in Kakopathar, in Tinsukia district. Police said they opened fire to disperse a crowd protesting against the death in custody of a man suspected of having links with separatists. United Liberation Front of Assam rebels have been fighting for a separate Assamese homeland for nearly 30 years. Authorities imposed a curfew in Kakopathar and many adjoining areas, as tension spread with news of the police firing. According to police, thousands of protesters had converged on a police station and tried to burn it down. "The mob was advancing on the local police station, forcing security forces to fire in self-defence," district police superintendent Debojit Hazarika was quoted by the Associated Press as saying. ...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4703262.stm